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After listening to Yurong, Li Yan nodded and then pointed at the computer and mobile phone on the desk. "You're not the only one waiting tonight, right? Other top executives should also be waiting. Didn't you stagger your times or notify each other when there's information?"

Zhang Yurong rolled her eyes at him, "What time is it now? For something this important, what's a night of staying up? Is there even a need to slack off and stagger the time?"

"So tell me, what should be done? I'll keep an eye out for you, and if there's a sudden situation, I'll wake you."

"You?"

"Can't I? I might not be able to handle difficult matters immediately, but just waiting for news doesn't require technical skills, right? Besides, tonight is at most the eve of the storm; there might be a breakout moment, but tomorrow will be the real storm center, and dealing with it post-storm and crisis management are the more critical matters. These require your commands as the CEO. Tonight, let me watch over things for you! Rest well, so you'll have energy for the battle tomorrow!"

Li Yan made a fist-pumping gesture toward her.

Listening to Li Yan's words, Yurong understood and smiled at him, also pumping her fist. "Right! I'm the CEO. Even if I don't sleep now, I can't do much. But if I'm not energetic during the day tomorrow, I'll delay many important things and possibly make wrong decisions! I'll listen to you!"

Li Yan gave a thumbs-up.

"Go take a shower first and then come back! I'll wait for you."

"OK." Li Yan took the bowl outside, and as he opened the door, he heard Yurong call to him again.

"Li Yan...actually, even though your specific professional knowledge is inadequate, you're quite insightful when it comes to looking at big issues!" Yurong praised seriously.

This was something she had just realized, and thinking back, it wasn't the first time. Including when the Prince Hotel preparations and suggestions were made, he helped plan steps, including authorizing supervision without micromanaging, showing that his grasp of issues in the larger picture and overall scope was quite good. But there was previously a prejudice against him, not thinking much of these things.

Upon hearing her first work-related compliment, Li Yan smiled, then solemnly saluted. "Thank you for the compliment, CEO!"

Then he laughed and said, "Does this mean I'm not a great employee or minor official but rather born to be a leader?"

"Goofy! Hurry up and come back!"

Watching Li Yan leave and close the door, Zhang Yurong had a trace of a smile on her face. The stranger whom she had initially rejected so much, the man who had become her husband overnight, after prolonged contact, it now seemed they were increasingly understanding each other, and he seemed to grow more agreeable.

Has he changed, or has my aesthetic changed?

She thought about it and didn't have a definite answer. He appeared to change a lot for her, and she too was changing for him.

Who cares, the key isn't change itself but whether it's changing for the better or worse.

Regarding her current mood, it's undoubtedly for the better!

...

After finishing his shower, Li Yan came to Yurong's office.

Zhang Yurong had already prepared everything, with the computer, phone, instant messaging software, and video conferencing software all up. She pointed at an open chat group and said to Li Yan, "All top executives will be monitoring tonight. They'll use various channels to understand the progress, and if there's any news, it will first be posted in this group. Then, a video conference will be initiated for discussing solutions!"

Li Yan chuckled a bit, "So we're overseeing other executives' information?"

Yurong blushed a bit. "If they release information, and want a dramatic effect, they'll surely choose a press conference method. I don't have any media friends, so I have to rely on them."

"Hey, let's hope these folks don't doze off. But this is best; you don't need to waste time here personally. Go shower and sleep, rest well. If there's anything, I'll notify you. Otherwise, I'll stay up until dawn; I just had a cup of strong coffee. No problem at all!"

"Tomorrow…" Yurong looked at Li Yan with a bit of concern.

"Haha, how much can Heavenly Film have to deal with? A half-day rest won't matter. Also, in peril, none can remain unscathed; the entire group's risk naturally overshadows a newly established small subsidiary. Keep an eye on the big picture!"

"Yes, the big picture!" Yurong vacated the seat and said, "I don't have any games on my computer; if you're bored, you can bring your computer over to play games. Just don't forget the serious work, and don't mess up my computer's files."

"No problem!"

For once quite a workaholic like Zhang Yurong, Li Yan understood that her computer wouldn't have any playthings. He never expected it to. He had no interest in the various documents, materials, and spreadsheets on her computer.

Before leaving, Zhang Yurong was a bit worried and reminded, "Don't use my computer to download any nonsense!"

After saying that, she left in a hurry.

Li Yan was a bit puzzled; don't use her computer to download nonsense? Does that mean my computer has nonsense? Has she ever seen my computer?

Sitting at Zhang Yurong's desk for the first time, looking at the computer in front of him, at the phone on the desk, almost everything about her seemed to be open to him. This time, seeing her chat messages or even checking her phone's text records became a legitimate activity.

But everyone has their privacy; just like not wanting a spouse to check chat records and texts, he didn't check everything about Yurong. Because it wasn't just about curiosity or legal or ethical concerns, it's about mutual trust and respect.

It's not convenient to peek at her QQ friend information or chat records, but for the group she left open, Li Yan could carefully examine it. Because the group name cards inside used real names, it should be a temporary creation tonight, featuring some of the company's top leaders.

Among the group members, Li Yan saw Wen Qianyi and Hai Fu, and knew they weren't online but would be online tonight, feeling tempted to tease them or ask them to sleep, notifying them via phone if needed.

But this wasn't funny, so he held back.

Besides notifying everyone at once, the group had little value. With the CEO boss watching stealthily, who would be in the mood to chat and joke around?

Seeing the long list of top-level names, imagining them also waiting at their computers for news, Li Yan suddenly had a suspicion: Paradise Group is so large, attempting to break it isn't just about bribing a legal counsel, and even if bribing, it requires someone to help bridge. Facing severe external threats, could there be internal foes?

If there were internal agents providing meeting updates to competitors, the result would be having one's nose led everywhere!

With this suspicion, Li Yan couldn't stay calm. He didn't use Yurong's computer but brought his over, locked the door, and dialed 526 1941. No need for Gunan Ziyi; these top executives aren't computer experts. So it's fine for 526 1941 to take action, and he can handle it easily.

He instructed 526 to invade these people's computers, see what they were doing at their computers, and send those images to his computer. He provided the temporary communication group's QQ numbers one by one to 5261941.

To 526, knowing an online QQ number to trace their IP and invade isn't difficult; it's a piece of cake. Invading them and observing their computer operations is no challenge either. But transmitting multiple computer images to Li Yan's computer poses a bit of a hassle.

Even so, when Li Yan asked for help, he promptly agreed.

Of course, Li Yan could only check their computer activities over the next period. If anything needed notifying, the phone was naturally the first choice; they'd use phones unknown to the company. That's something Li Yan couldn't handle, just monitoring was what he could do.

...

Strictly speaking, Li Yan is a tech amateur, handling relatively simple operations. Therefore, managing "them" was Yue Yao's area, and for many technical needs, he sought Guan Ziyi's help. Consequently, Guan Ziyi later specifically provided 5261941 to Li Yan, allowing him to assist Li Yan and Yue Yao, sparing the trouble of contacting him for not very difficult small problems frequently.

Thus, he didn't know whether 526 handled it easily or at great cost. Eventually, he got a result: his computer seemed connected to another, and every operation controlled the other. That one should be 526's setup, not those that needed hacking, but on that computer, you could see everything he needed to monitor from the top executives' computers.

Of course, Wen Qianyi and Hai Fu's computers were excluded, as he trusted the two absolutely, considering them his own women, so how could he bear letting 526 hack their computers or see what they were doing?

526 called, explaining how to operate, see multiple computer's tiny images at once, or open to observe one machine in detail. It was then up to Li Yan to spy and fight boredom.

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